COMMISSIONED by The Abbey Theatre, dance performance ‘Bastard Amber’ lights up Lime Tree Theatre this Friday 2 for 8pm.
From the esteemed Liz Roche Company, ‘Bastard Amber’ is described as “a dance production that draws inspiration from two of the great Irish artists of the modern age, WB Yeats and Patrick Scott”.
Roche is the first Irish choreographer to be commissioned by our national theatre.
Yeats’ poem ‘Sailing to Byzantium’ and its imagery is inspiration, “giving voice to the modern vision that Yeats imagined in his own work for theatre”.
Scott’s influence is through his Gold meditation paintings, reflected in the beauty of this show’s set and lighting design.
There is a cast of eight Irish and international dancers performing alongside four musicians from rock, trad and classical backgrounds. Take it that the set of ‘Bastard Amber is exceptional; the score is by composer Ray Harman.
